Today, on July 1, the Indian women’s cricket team defeated South Africa by 10 wickets in the only Test match. In this match, all the players from the Indian women’s team performed very well and played an important role in their team’s victory. The South African players failed to leave their mark.

In this match, the Indian women’s cricket team batted first and declared their first innings at 603 runs for 6 wickets. On behalf of the team, Shefali Verma played a record-breaking innings of 205 runs while batting brilliantly. She hit 23 fours and 8 sixes in her innings. Apart from Shefali Verma, experienced batsman Smriti Mandhana contributed 149 runs.

Richa Ghosh scored 86 runs while captain Harmanpreet Kaur played a valuable innings of 69 runs. Jemimah Rodrigues contributed 55 runs. In reply, South Africa were all out for 266 runs in their first innings. Marizanne Kapp scored 74 runs while Sun Luus scored 65 runs.

For India, Sneh Rana bowled lethally and took 8 wickets for 77 runs in 25.3 overs. After this, South Africa was all out for 373 runs in their second innings in follow-on. In the second innings, captain Laura Wolvaardt played an important innings of 122 runs while Sun Luus contributed 109 runs. Nadine de Klerk played an innings of 61 runs.

Indian women’s team beat South Africa by 10 wickets

For the Indian women’s team, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana and Rajeshwari Gaikwad took two wickets each in the second innings. Pooja Vastrakar, Shefali Verma and captain Harmanpreet Kaur took one wicket each.

The Indian women’s team needed 37 runs to win this match and they achieved this target without losing any wicket. Shefali Verma contributed 24* runs in the second innings.

Most Runs for India Women in Wins in Women’s Test

𝟯𝟴𝟱* – Smriti Mandhana
325 – Shafali Verma
242 – Mithali Raj
237 – Thirush Kamini
235 – Jemimah Rodrigues#INDvSA #INDWvSAW #INDWvsSAW pic.twitter.com/Nry9GNY13L

— Kishan Kishor (@itskishankishor) July 1, 2024

India demolish South Africa by 🔟 wickets in the one-off Test in Chennai!

UNBEATEN in three straight Test matches.
🔜 T20s

🇮🇳: 603/6 (declared) ; 37/0
🇿🇦: 266; 373#CricketTwitter , #INDWvSAW pic.twitter.com/7qeCbEgmKK

— The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) July 1, 2024

𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎!🇮🇳🏆

Harmanpreet Kaur and her teammates celebrate with a winners’ hoarding after their one-off Test victory 🏏🌟#INDWvSAW #HarmanpreetKaur #Test pic.twitter.com/oC9SyyI3Gy

— Root Jaiswal (@JaiswalRoot) July 1, 2024

𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙋𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎!🇮🇳🏆

Harmanpreet Kaur and her teammates celebrate with a winners’ hoarding after their one-off Test victory 🏏🌟#INDWvSAW #HarmanpreetKaur #Test #Sportskeeda pic.twitter.com/C6yhqzXMg9

— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) July 1, 2024

Last 3 matches for India Women in Women’s Test

– 🇮🇳 won by 347 runs at DY Patil, 2023
– 🇮🇳 won by 8 wickets at Wankhede, 2023
– 🇮🇳 won by 10 wickets at Chennai, 2024#INDvSA #INDWvSAW #INDWvsSAW pic.twitter.com/wcE0VtrmGm

— Kishan Kishor (@itskishankishor) July 1, 2024

India have defeated South Africa by 10 Wickets!#INDwvSAw #BCCI #SmritiMandhana #cricket pic.twitter.com/UeJRhhyoHa

— ScoresNow (@scoresnow_in) July 1, 2024

@BCCIWomen winning the #Chennai Test isn’t a surprise but the game stretching to Day4 despite India amassing 500 runs on the opening day is. The pluck shown by @ProteasWomenCSA augurs well for women’s Test cricket as it strives to revive itself. well played ladies 👏 #INDWvSAW

— Prabhanjan Badami (@PABadami) July 1, 2024

India Against South Africa In Women’s Tests

3 Matches
3 Won
0 Lost#CricketTwitter #INDvSA #TeamIndia #SouthAfrica #INDWvSAW pic.twitter.com/ltPGmXrvdl

— CRICKETNMORE (@cricketnmore) July 1, 2024

India clinches a 10-wicket victory over South Africa in the one-off Test in Chennai 👏🏏

Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, and Sneh Rana are the star performers 🌟#INDWvSAW #Test #HarmanpreetKaur

— Rohit⁴⁵ fan boy💙 (@AnshTiw46949790) July 1, 2024

And yesssss our girls nailed it. Team India won Only Test match against South Africa by 10 wickets.
Congratulations team India 🇮🇳 #INDvSA #INDWvSAW #RjAlok
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— RJ ALOK (@OYERJALOK) July 1, 2024